VEGETABLE FRIED RICE
Ingredients:
For cooking the rice:
1 cup basmati rice
4.5 to 5 cups water
1/2 tsp salt as required
2-3 drops of oil
Rest of the ingredients:
3 finely chopped garlic flakes
1/2 cup of finely chopped spring onions
1 cup of finely chopped carrots, french beans, peas, capsicum
1 tsp red chilli powder
3 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp vinegar
3 tbsp tomato sauce
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
2 to 2.5 tbsp sesame oil or any other oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
a pinch of chinese salt (ajinomoto)
salt as required
For garnishing:
Onion slices
3 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp black pepper
a pinch of salt
Method:
Cooking the rice:
1. Rinse the rice very well till the water runs clear of starch. Soak rice in water for 30 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
2. In a pot, bring to a gentle boil 4.5 to 5 cups of water with salt and 2-3 drops of oil.
3. Add soaked and drained rice to the hot water.
4. On a low to medium flame cook the rice without the lid.
5. When the rice gets cooked, remove the pot from fire and drain the rice and let them be cool.
Preparing the fried rice:
1. Heat oil in a pan, First add the chopped garlic and saute for some seconds(no need to brown the garlic.
2. Add chopped spring onions and saute for about 2 minutes.
3. Add all the finely chopped vegetables. Increase the flame to a medium or high and stir fry the vegetables.
4. Continuously toss and stir the vegetables and do not burn them.
5. Add soy sauce, salt, pepper, red chilli powder and vinegar, tomato sauce, stir quickly and add the rice. Stir for a few minutes till the sauce has coated the fried rice well. Keep a check when adding salt.
6. Add chinese salt and lemon juice in the fried rice and mix them well.
Garnishing the fried rice:
1. Take a bowl and put onion slices and coriander leaves in it.
2. Add lemon juice, black pepper, red chilli powder, salt and mix them well.
3. Garnish the fried rice with onion salad and serve it hot.
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